1. Objective: 5.01: Explain the economic impact of animal agriculture.

3.  Work in groups of three and write down as many animals products and by-products as you can.  You have 3 min. to complete this task!

4.  Ruminants & other animals eat feed materials that humans will not eat & convert these materials into food that humans will eat.  In addition to food items they also provide other products!

5. 1. Food  meat, milk, cheese, eggs 2. Clothing  wool, leather from hides 3. Shelter  tents from hides 4. Power  work in less developed countries

6. 5. Recreation  horse back riding, rodeos 6. Fuel  burn dry animal manure  Can be used in methane gas biodigesters  Used as fuel in underdeveloped countries.

10. 1. Wool: coat 2. Leather: hide 3. Candy and chewing gum: animal fat 4. Gelatin: horns, hooves, bones, & hides 5. Glue, cosmetics, waxes, soap, lubricants, brushes: horns, hooves, bones, hides

12. 6. Animal feeds: scrap meat, bones & blood meal 7. Insulin:  To treat diabetics  Once produced from livestock pancreas, today it is produced through biotechnology.

13. 8. Heparin: Used for blood clotting  From livestock lungs 9. Lanolin: oil from Sheep's Skin. 10. Fertilizer, Printer Ink, Lubricants: inedible beef fats & proteins.

15.  Animals help to:  Provide use of land & other resources  Conserve soil.  Provide jobs & increases tax base.  Income from livestock, poultry and their products, is about 2x that from all crops in NC.

16.  Broilers = $2.6 billion per year  Hogs = $2.5 billion per year  Turkeys = $775,000 dollars  Cattle = $275,000 per year  NC is near top nationally in hogs, turkeys, and poultry.

17.  Swine farms are getting fewer and larger.  Health concerns have caused an increase in the consumption of poultry.  Most poultry farms are contract growers.  Most swine farmers grow on contract.

18. The issue of animal rights & moral issues related to animals such as livestock & poultry dates back to the ancient Greeks.

19.  Humane treatment of animals.  Most animal producers and researchers believe in animal welfare.  Support animal nutrition.  Oppose cruel treatment.

20.  Scientific information should be basis for:  decisions, laws, & regulations related to animal welfare.  Difficult to assess animal comfort:  They do not talk.  Are no universally accepted measures to use.

21.  Laws that Protect Animals  Animal Welfare Act – Sets minimum standards for animals used for sale, research, transport, and exhibited.  Passed in 1996, Last updated in 2008.  Health Research Act – Standards for care of animals used in biomedical & behavior research.  Passed in 1985

22.  Animals should not be used by humans.  Largest animal rights organization is the Humane Society of the United States.

23.  Good treatment of animals.  Less radical in activities.  Supported by most animal producers and researchers.  No use whatsoever by humans.  Radical activities including violence.  Do not support animal producers & researchers.  Usually vegetarians

24.  With a partner ready both the animal welfare and animal rights articles.   Write a letter to the editor of your local paper that explains your thoughts for the article you read in class today.  Start with Dear Editor: